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[quote=Anonymous]For kid #1, if you are not making anything below a B, you get to keep your iPhone.  And I realize flaming is about to happen, but:

1.  Kid in question is at TJ, and carrying a full load, so keeping everything at an A or B is harder than it might initially seem, and

2.  Kid in question also has ADHD.  So if grades are slipping there is an excellent chance he was reading Twitter jokes for hours on end and until 2 am, rather than doing homework.  Therefore, it’s time for an electronics crackdown.

BTW, it’s been a terrible semester in math, so you might see a TJ kid carrying a flip phone, instead of a smartphone this week. Now, you know why.

Kid #2 is still in MS. And *cannot cope* if a grade drops down to an A-.  Super, over the top perfectionist, who really believes the world will end if she gets an A- for the quarter. In band. In middle school.  She needs to learn that sometimes in life you can work flat out and still get an A- or (heaven help us) a B. Maybe not in a FCPS MS.  But if she goes to TJ too. Or in college. Or grad school. Bs happen. Paying for As would just reinforce the obsessing for this kid.
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